ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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Media Release: Doctors, Lawyers, and Privacy Experts Denounce Sharing Patient Health Data for Secondary Use
Australia, Melbourne — Monday 26 August 2019 — EFA, Future Wise, Digital Rights Watch and APF today call again for a comprehensive review of privacy provisions for healthcare data. Following the HealthEngine scandal in 2018, and the recent use of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) data to assist recruitment into research…
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Help out EFA – 2 Volunteer Roles
Yep, it’s true. Your digital rights in this country are fought for by volunteers. And we need a bit of a hand. We have two roles we are looking to fill right now, a Volunteer Membership and Sponsorship Coordinator and a Volunteer Event Coordinator. Get in touch by Sunday September…
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EFA Warns Chinese-Style Facial Recognition Is Already Happening In Australia
Australia, 16 July 2019: Electronic Frontiers Australia, the premier digital rights body promoting and protecting digital rights since 1994, has called for Australians to reject oppressive facial-recognition systems, like those use by the Chinese authorities to oppress the Uyghur muslim minority. “Last night’s programme on ABC’s Four Corners revealed that…
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EFA Condemns Federal Police Raid of the ABC
Australia, 5 June 2019: Electronic Frontiers Australia, the premier digital rights body promoting and protecting digital rights since 1994, condemns second raid of journalists by the Australian Federal Police in as many days. “Just yesterday we were calling out the disgraceful authoritarian behaviour of the AFP in raiding journalist Annika…
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EFA Appoints Three New Board Members
The board is pleased to welcome Eliza Sorenson, Steve King, and Michelle Meares to the board. Eliza Sorensen works in infrastructure and security, and they are an advocate for digital rights and a co-founder of Assembly Four. Eliza believes in education rather than abstinence and the power that an engaged…
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EFA Condemns Federal Police Raid of Journalist
Electronic Frontiers Australia, the premier digital rights body promoting and protecting digital rights since 1994, condemns the actions today of the Australian Federal Police in executing a raid of journalist Annika Smethurst in apparent retaliation for her story exposing plans for unprecedented levels of government spying on Australians. This is…